GPS Tracking Device News

GPS tracking device protects your car and handhelds
MobileMag - GPS is being used for more and more things these days. One rather new use is to protect your car or wireless device from being ripped off. A handheld system out of New Zealand operates using both GPS and GSM and can be programmed to send an alert

Satellites delivers on ad catalogues
Townsville Bulletin - Walkers who drop the catalogues into letter boxes and households will be equipped with a GPS tracking device that records the exact time and date of delivery. The company said better pay for letterbox delivery "walkers" would also help reduce the

Local Briefs
Fort Wayne News-Sentinel - Police used a GPS tracking device to arrest a man who allegedly stole a car in the 3000 block of Coliseum Boulevard on Thursday, a Fort Wayne Police Department report said. Clinton Bunch, of the 1200 block of Burgess Street, got into the car and

Science of oil rigs: surviving Gulf storms
Christian Science Monitor - In addition, all rigs and platforms must now be equipped with a GPS device since several rigs went missing for a day or two after Ivan. But the most lasting damage was done to hundreds of pipelines brought down by mudslides during hurricane Ivan

by Tom Robbins
Village Voice - A GPS device provided the cab's location and speed. Standing alongside the cab was the inventor of the apparatus, an engineer named Richard Thaler, who had been trying since 1999 to get the city's Taxi and Limousine Commission to authorize his

Emerging Technology Trends
ZDNet Blogs - The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has started last week to test unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). These small drones, which look like toys, weigh about 5 pounds and are equipped with a GPS device and a camera. They'll complement the

Thinking the Unthinkable
Computerworld - 16 hours ago... Find me a parent with a missing child who wouldn't give anything to have had a GPS tracking device implanted in that child, and I'll keep quiet. ...

Sophomore raises money for tracking devices for mentally ill
Sunbury Daily Item, PA - 4 hours ago... helps patients with Alzheimer's, Down syndrome, autism and other illnesses by having them wear a bracelet equipped with a GPS tracking device that alerts ...

Stranded explorer dies in Everglades
Orlando Sentinel, FL - 34 minutes ago... Birenbaum offered the following safety tips for boaters and hikers in the Everglades: Bring extra water and consider using a GPS device. ...